| Description |
1 online resource (x, 282 pages) |
| Series |
Toronto Iberic ; 44 |
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Toronto Iberic ; 44.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Detecting the Female Body in Gendered Mysteries -- 1 Reading the Female Delinquent in Early Spanish Crime Fiction -- 2 Investigating the "Eye" in Twentieth-Century Spanish Crime Novels -- 3 Parodying the Male Gaze in Lourdes Ortiz's Picadura mortal -- 4 A New Politics of Visibility in the Lònia Guiu Series -- 5 Lesbianizing the Genre -- Conclusion: Exploring an Alternative Crime Fiction Genealogy |
| Summary |
"Resisting Invisibility investigates the politics of visibility of women's bodies in Spanish crime fiction. By 'politics of female visibility', the author refers to the textual practices that determine the imperceptibility of women's bodies, including both exposure and erasure. What is at stake in the politics of visibility is the constitution of women as political subjects. The politics of visibility takes on a crucial role in crime fiction because it changes the nature of the story, from a plot that hinges on a female body denied full political participation through various strategies of objectification, to a narrative where the body functions as a critical tool of resistance to pinpoint the ineffectiveness of the legal system. The book provides insight into how authors engage readers with the politics of visibility of the female body through their manipulation of generic conventions involving the gaze and how, in turn, the female body gains or resists visibility."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 10, 2019) |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, Spanish -- History and criticism
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Suspense fiction, Spanish -- History and criticism
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Women in literature.
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Human body in literature.
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Femininity in literature.
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FICTION -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Detective and mystery stories, Spanish
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Femininity in literature
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Human body in literature
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Suspense fiction, Spanish
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Women in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery stories, Spanish
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781487530532 |
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1487530536 |
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9781487530525 |
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1487530528 |
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